ASHBURN, Va.--Last Thursday night, former All-Big East lineman Selvish Capers found himself going to bed at 9:15 in a strange hotel room. And that's just one of the changes for the now 6-foot-5, 311-pound reserve right tackle who was drafted in the seventh round by the Washington Redskins.

The colors have changed, but Capers still found himself putting on a jersey and shorts as the Redskins opened their second mini-practice--mandatory for rookies--on Friday. He still needed a helmet. The rookies went out at 6 a.m. Friday, but they still blocked and tackled in the sport with the same name.